@article{ref1,
title="Risky sexual behaviour and sexual victimization among young people with risky substance use in Europe-perspectives from Belgium, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Germany",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2023",
author="Baldus, Christiane and Elgan, Tobias H. and Soyez, Veerle and Tønnesen, Hanne and Arnaud, Nicolas and Csemy, Ladislav and Thomasius, Rainer",
volume="20",
number="21",
pages="e7002-e7002",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Research indicates that among the risks associated with young people's alcohol and illicit drug use are sexual risks. However, insights into co-occurrence of substance use and sexual risks in adolescent samples and possible differences across countries are limited. <br><br>METHODS: A sample of 1449 adolescents from Belgium, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Germany screened positive for risky alcohol/illicit drug use in a web-based intervention against alcohol and illicit drug use. They also reported incidents of sex while being drunk and/or high on drugs, condomless sex on these occasions, and sexualized touching and sexual victimization while being drunk or high on drugs. <br><br>RESULTS: In the sample, 21.5% of the participants reported sexualized touching, 9.9% being victim to sexual assault, and 49.8% having had sex while being drunk and/or high on drugs; of the latter, 48.3% had condomless sex. Reports on having had sex while being drunk and/or high on drugs were associated with higher levels of past 30-day binge drinking. Being a victim of sexual assault was associated with past 30-day binge drinking only in young men. <br><br>CONCLUSION: When devising preventive interventions against risky substance use in adolescents, an additional focus should be set on integrating steps against sexual risks.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph20217002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20217002"
}